Puzzle.



PATENTED JULY 19, 1904 M. N. STRIGKLAND.

' PUZZLE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 24, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

WITNESSES fi gw ATTORNEYS Patented July 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

M NICHOLS STRIOKLAND, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,521, dated July 19, 1904:.

Application filed March 24,1904.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, M NIoHOLs STRICK- LAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Galveston, in the county of Galveston and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Puzzle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in puzzles of that class in which the rolling device is to be moved from the starting-point to a finishing-point, there being barriers or obstacles to the movement of the rolling device.

The object of the invention is to provide a puzzle of this general character that will be found difficult to solve and prove entertaining.

I will describe a puzzle embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts ,in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a puzzle embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a sectional View thereof.

The puzzle comprises a box 1, consisting of any suitable material-such, for instance, as light metal, cardboard, or the likeand the upper side of this box is provided with a horizontal plane portion 2 and an elevated plane portion 3that is, these portions 2 3 are arranged on different horizontal planes, and they are connected by a curved or concaved portion 4:. The upper plane portion 3 Iterm the sea-wall, and the lower plane 2 I designate as the waterway.

Extended around the device-that is, at the sides and endsis an upwardlyextended flange 5, and secured to this flange so as to be spaced somewhat above the parts 2 3 4 is a glass cover 6. Arranged on the lower plane 2 and extended transversely thereof is a series of barriers 7, consisting of thin strips of wood, metal, or the like, the barriers being variously arranged or in zigzag fashion and spaced apart. At the ends of the barriers 7 that are nearest the curved portion 1 are V-shaped barriers 8. Arranged at various angles on the portion 4 and extended vertically are bar- Serial No. 199,692. (No model.)

riers 9 1O 11 Attached to the upper end of the barrier 10 and arranged with its fiat surface on a horizontal plane is a runway 12, while supported on the upper end of the barrier 11 and spaced at its end from the runway 12 is another runway 13, the end of which is curved upward and inward, as indicated at 14, and above this runway 13 is another concaved or downwardly-curved runway 15, there being a space between its upwardly-curved end and the curve 14 of the runway 13.

Arranged in line with the runway 15 is another horizontally-disposed runway 16,which is variously curved, or, in other words, is provided with a plurality of concaved sections,and at its end adjacent to the runway 15 the said runway 16 has a downward projection 17 Arranged on the plane 3 is a guide-strip having a portion 18 extended transversely of the puzzle and a portion 19 at one end turned lengthwise of the puzzle and spaced from the flange 5, so as to provide an entrance for a rolling object received from the runway 16. At the opposite end of the portion 18 the strip has an acute angle portion 20, terminating in a transverse portion 21, and at this end a curved goal 22 is secured to the plane 3.

The feature of the puzzle is to start a rolling object, such as a shot 23, from the end of the lower plane 2 and cause it to pass between the several barriers over the several runways, which may be done by jumping the shot over the spaces between the runways, and finally landing the shot in the goal 22.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A puzzle comprising a box provided at its upper side with two horizontal planes or surfaces, one arranged above the other, anda concaved portion connecting the two planes, barriers extended transversely on the lower plane and spaced apart, V-shaped barriers on said lower plane, barriers on the concaved portion, runways on said concaved-portion, certain of said runways being curved, a guidestrip on the higher plane, a receiving-goal on said higher plane, and a rolling device in the box.

2. A puzzle comprising a box or casing having its upper side provided with two horizontally-disposed planes one above the other, and a concaved portion connecting the two planes, transversely-disposed barriers on the lower plane and spaced apart, V-shaped barriers on said lower plane, transversely-chsposed runways on the concaved portion, certain of said runways being curved, a guide-strip on the higher plane having a part extended transversely of the box or casing, a part at one end extended lengthwise of the box and spaced from its side flange, an oblique portion at the opposite end terminating in a transverse portion, a curved goal at the end of the lastnarned transverse portion and spaced therefrom, and a rolling device in the box.

3. A puzzle comprising a box having its M NICHOLS STRICKLAND.

Witnesses:

WALTER GRESHAM, J r., HENRY Rnsr. 

